what year and model did the 262 inline six come In

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » April 27, 2010, 9:34 pm

in pickups 1964
they were in earlier big trucks

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 9:35 pm

Y only 1964?? I have one in my 59 f100 its a sweet motor a strong thing 2

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » April 27, 2010, 9:37 pm

post a pic of it .... i thought i had a 262.... NOT....its a 223

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 9:41 pm

okay will do

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 9:55 pm

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 10:07 pm

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Im going to take her out and give her a clean up ford blue or chevy oarnge paint??

BarnieTrk · Post by **BarnieTrk** » April 27, 2010, 10:08 pm

ebentraywick wrote:Y only 1964?? I have one in my 59 f100 its a sweet motor a strong thing 2

ebentraywick,
Someone besides FoMoCo put it in your '59....

My information tells me that the 262" inline 6-cylinder engine was only produced from 1961-1964. It was a truck use-only motor, where most were used in the bigger 1961-64 C550/C600 tilt cab trucks, F500/600 trucks and B600 busses. The only year is was used in an F100/250(4x2, 4x4), F350 trucks was 1964. Many engine parts interchange with the 223 with minimal to no modifications necessary. Also realize that there were two types of 262s...a 262-Light Duty (mainly used in the smaller trucks) and a 262 Heavy Duty (used in the larger trucks).

An easy & foolproof way to determine if you've got a 223 or a 262 is to pull a sparkplug and poke a 10" piece of stiff copper wire down the cylinder bore. With the piston at the bottom of its stroke, mark the copper wire at the sparkplug hole. Turn the engine over (by hand) to bring the piston up to the top and mark the wire again. The stroke of a 262 is 4.03"; whereas, the stroke of a 223 is only 3.60".

BarnieTrk

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 10:12 pm

thanks dude i know that it is a 262. what is fomoco?? but just for the heck of it ill try your idea out

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » April 27, 2010, 10:30 pm

i wish i was half as smart as some of the guys on here.... BUT

im pretty sure thats a 223
oil fill should be in the middle of valve cover, not the front
... i guess it could have a 223 head on it though
well heck... now im just spinning circles

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 10:36 pm

yes there is a 223 valve cover on it the 262 was a little rusty

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » April 27, 2010, 10:54 pm

ebentraywick wrote: what is fomoco??

Please tell me that is some kind of joke! Really!

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 10:58 pm

fire truck wrote:
ebentraywick wrote: what is fomoco??

Please tell me that is some kind of joke! Really!

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yes it is, my buddy asked that me the other day and i just chouldnt help my self 2 be a dork.

BarnieTrk · Post by **BarnieTrk** » April 27, 2010, 11:03 pm

ebentraywick wrote: what is fomoco??

FoMoCo = Ford Motor Company

but just for the heck of it ill try your idea out

Cool...... I hope you come back here and report your results!

BarnieTrk

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » April 27, 2010, 11:20 pm

well I did It came out to 4.03

64shortbed · Post by **64shortbed** » April 28, 2010, 12:16 am

Is the distributer interchangeable with the 223? I seem to remember my grandpa fretting over not being able to find a replacement years ago. I don't know why, it seems to be in good working order.... Also, my valve cover is argent or a silver-type color.

64shortbed · Post by **64shortbed** » April 28, 2010, 12:22 am

My manual says that 262's have timing gears, wheras the 223 uses a timing chain

BarnieTrk · Post by **BarnieTrk** » April 28, 2010, 3:14 am

Don,
I'm pretty certain there are differences between early and late 223 distributors due to a difference in their oil pump drive attachment.
I also think there are more than one type of 262 distributor, possibly due to the differences in application of the Light Duty 262 and the Heavy Duty 262 (used in the 500/550/600 bigger trucks).

I don't believe any of the 223 distributors will interchange with any of the 262 distributors.

Just my

BarnieTrk

mikewirth · Post by **mikewirth** » April 28, 2010, 3:44 am

Is that the original grille? I had a 1959 and it was not cubed pattern for lack of better terms, it had 5 or so horizontal bars running across and if I remember right the 1960 had 1 big bar between the lights

BarnieTrk · Post by **BarnieTrk** » April 28, 2010, 4:07 am

mikewirth wrote:Is that the original grille? I had a 1959 and it was not cubed pattern for lack of better terms, it had 5 or so horizontal bars running across and if I remember right the 1960 had 1 big bar between the lights

At that angle, it looks more like a '58 grille to me...... ??

Here is a pretty good Ford grille chart from jakdad: http://www.1966ford.com/images/BIG48-72.JPG

BarnieTrk